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Ten Years after Lehman Brothers Sunk, Wall Street Comes Full Circle on the Back of Bitcoin

Ten years after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008, a host of new financial offerings is hoping to entice sullied investors back into the market. The task hasn’t been easy, however. The financial crisis that spawned Bitcoin has left enough emotional damage to keep those with a keen sense of memory far from equities and traditional stocks. дальше »

2018-9-15 10:00


Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


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Citigroup Creates New New Non-Custodial Bitcoin Product

Citigroup has reportedly developed a new way for institutional investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin without owning any, Business Insider reports September 10. Citi’s ‘Digital Asset Receipt’ Citing “people familiar” with the bank’s “plans,” the publication reveals the US giant is aiming to leverage a version of traditional finance tool the American Depository Receipt (ADR) for Bitcoin, creating the Digital Asset Receipt (DAR). дальше »

2018-9-10 16:00


Decred Price Analysis: Alterations to blockchain governance

Decred (DCR) provides an intriguing governance & network decision-making alternative to the clunky, informal systems used by traditional PoW powerhouses Bitcoin and Ethereum. The network's hashrate and transaction volumes have improved over the last six months, and despite bearish price movements DCR has not fallen as far from its all-time highs as the majority of other alt-coins дальше »

2018-9-9 21:33


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Cryptocurrencies Rumoured To Be Added To NASDAQ Next Year

The world’s second-largest stock exchange, NASDAQ, is reported to be gearing up to not only list but support the trading of cryptocurrency via a coin exchange platform. While the CME and Cboe listed crypto-based financial products in the form of “bitcoin futures” in 2017, it is rumoured that NASDAQ will go one step further and list actual cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-9-7 13:00


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Bank of America Planning Cryptocurrency Entry Based on Its Latest Patent Filing?

Market observers have been predicting that big institutional investors and traditional financial institutions are plotting their foray into the cryptocurrency market for some time. But if the latest speculations are correct, Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, might already be preparing its entry into the market based on the bank’s latest patent […] Bank of America Planning Cryptocurrency Entry Based on Its Latest Patent Filing? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-29 16:14


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Bitcoin ETFs Will ‘Remain Rejected’ Despite SEC Review, Says Analyst

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will “remain rejected” despite US regulators ordering a review into why it rejected one of them, a market analyst forecast August 27. 9 ETFs ‘Will Remain Rejected’ In weekly comments on cryptocurrency and traditional markets, Mati Greenspan, CEO of UK-based hybrid trading platform eToro, described the decision to look into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rejection of the Winklevoss ETF “largely a procedural protest. дальше »

2018-8-28 22:00


To fight the talent shortage, train your current employees

How many people can program a driverless car? How many can program an artificial intelligence? How many can get their head around blockchain (and no, it doesn’t count if you invested €100 in Bitcoin)? And yet, how many times have you read about driverless cars being on the cusp of adoption, or traditional currencies being on the verge of becoming obsolete? The truth is, the pool of individuals who actually know how to build these technologies is very small. дальше »

2018-8-26 21:30


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Sorry ICOs, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies will Gain Relevance with Starbucks and Kodak

Big name brands and retail conglomerates, not ICOs, will take Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the next level, according to ICOx Innovations President Bruce Elliott. Traditional Players Will Propagate Cryptocurrency Usage While Elliott’s company helps introduce companies to the cryptocurrency economy, much of ICOx Innovations’ business centers around big-name clients like Kodak. дальше »

2018-8-21 10:00


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Bitcoin’s Non-Correlation Shows Risk of Diversifying Cryptocurrencies

The belief that cryptocurrencies have a correlation to traditional markets may be leading amateur investors down the wrong path putting their portfolio at risk. Cryptocurrency Not Inversely Correlated to Larger Markets There’s been plenty of discussion on whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are correlated to commodities and larger financial markets. дальше »

2018-8-18 22:00


Illegal Activity Shrinks to 10% as Speculators Become the Dominant Bitcoin Drivers

There was a time when the overwhelming majority of Bitcoin usage was associated with drug dealing and other illegal activities. With Bitcoin offering relative anonymity that traditional payment methods like cards and bank transfers didn’t, criminals were quick to hop on the bandwagon, which gave Bitcoin the misguided moniker of the criminals’ currency. While the […] дальше »

2018-8-10 00:00